Sonya Kirven is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with nine years of counseling experience.
01About Sonya
Sonya Kirven is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with nine years of counseling experience. She works with adults and young adults on stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, and career or parenting concerns. Sonya focuses on creating a calm, nonjudgmental space where people feel heard and can start to make small changes.
She uses approaches grounded in cognitive behavioral ideas while drawing on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Motivational Interviewing. Sessions are collaborative and practical.
Background and approach
Sonya helps people notice patterns, try small experiments, and pick strategies that fit their daily lives. Sonya describes her style as empathetic and strengths-based. She pays attention to attachment and abandonment concerns and helps clients explore life purpose and self-love.
She encourages realistic steps so progress feels doable rather than overwhelming. Her background includes long experience working with young adults and adults, and she has supported people dealing with compassion fatigue and relationship strain. Sonya believes that even small interventions can produce meaningful changes over time.
Therapy with her moves at the client’s pace. She invites people to try different approaches if one method doesn’t fit. The emphasis is on practical tools, clearer values, and steady progress toward goals.
02Credentials
- LPC (Connecticut)
- License 004337 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1649702515 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sonya lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Life purpose
- Self-love
- Young adult issues
Methods Sonya names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Sonya names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and when someone wants clearer direction about life purpose. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing different behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. It is practical and often includes homework to try between sessions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and supporting the client’s own goals; it helps people build self-compassion and self-trust.Choosing an approach is collaborative. The therapist will work with each person to see which method or combination fits their goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions can shift over time if something isn’t helping - experimentation is part of the process.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can work for quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These formats offer flexibility so therapy can continue alongside work, school, or parenting commitments.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, parenting and career worries, and relationship strain. Additional focus areas include abandonment, attachment issues, life purpose, self-love, and young adult challenges.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is collaborative and empathetic with a strengths-based tone. Sessions focus on practical steps, values, and small experiments clients can try between meetings.
How long has she been practicing?
She has nine years of counseling experience and over a decade of work in helping roles that involved supporting young adults and adults in difficult situations.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practices from Connecticut and holds the LPC credential, Licensed Professional Counselor.
Can sessions be done in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.
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